Contractor Job Costing & Pricing Spreadsheets | Excel & Google Sheets

01 · Free tool

Markup vs margin calculator

Enter your job cost and the margin you actually want to keep. See the price you need to charge.

Markup vs Margin GETJOBCOSTSHEETS.COM

fx = job cost / (1 - margin %)

B4 · Job cost ($)

B5 · Desired margin (%)

Required sale price

$13,076.92

Equivalent markup

53.9%

Gross profit

$4,576.92

A 20% markup is only a 16.7% margin. The full calculator finds your true hourly rate and break-even too.

02 · Free download

Get the free contractor pricing cheat sheet

One page: the markup-to-margin conversion table, the three pricing formulas, and a worked example.

No spam. The cheat sheet plus the occasional pricing tip. Unsubscribe any time.

Here is your cheat sheet

Grab the PDF below. If you want the full toolkit, both spreadsheets are on Etsy.

Download the PDF $39 Job Costing Tracker $19 Pricing Calculator

03 · The spreadsheets

Two tools, built off real jobs

Job Costing & Profit Tracker

$39

JOB BUDGET tab of the Contractor Job Costing and Profit Tracker spreadsheet with labor, materials, subcontractor, equipment and change order lines budgeted for a sample deck and pergola job

Track budget against actuals on every job and catch overruns while there is still time to fix them.

View on Etsy

Markup, Margin & Break-Even Calculator

$19

Worked example from the Contractor Markup, Margin and Break-Even Calculator: a window and door job priced at a true 35 percent margin, showing job cost, sale price, gross profit and the equivalent 53.9 percent markup

Know what to charge: markup vs margin done right, your true loaded labor rate, and the revenue you need each month to break even.

View on Etsy

04 · Who built it

Built by a tradie, not a template shop

Built by a tradie who spent 15+ years running window, door and security screen manufacturing businesses. I quoted, costed and chased the margin on real jobs. This is the sheet I wish I’d had.

Aussie-built for US contractors